{"product_id":"la-mascara-de-la-muerte-roja-y-otros-cuentos-goticos-the-mask-of-the-red-death-and-other-stories","title":"La máscara de la muerte roja y otros cuentos góticos \/ The Mask of the Red Death and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLlega a nuestra colecci\u0026amp;oacute;n Penguin Cl\u0026amp;aacute;sicos G\u0026amp;oacute;ticos una cuidada selecci\u0026amp;oacute;n de los cuentos m\u0026amp;aacute;s fascinantes del maestro del terror Edgar Allan Poe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eEsta terror\u0026amp;iacute;fica selecci\u0026amp;oacute;n de cuentos recibe el nombre de uno de los relatos m\u0026amp;aacute;s referenciados y adaptados del autor: La m\u0026amp;aacute;scara de la muerte roja, una alegor\u0026amp;iacute;a sobre la inevitabilidad de la muerte. Junto a otros tan espeluznantes como El coraz\u0026amp;oacute;n delator o La ca\u0026amp;iacute;da de la casa Usher, completamos esta preciosa edici\u0026amp;oacute;n que ya forma parte de nuestra colecci\u0026amp;oacute;n Penguin Cl\u0026amp;aacute;sicos G\u0026amp;oacute;ticos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1842, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of the Red Death\u003c\/i\u003e by Edgar Allan Poe is an allegorical short story in the gothic horror vein. It is the 15th century. An unidentified country is infected with a contagion known as the Red Death. Half the population has succumbed to a quick, gory, and painful death. Prospero, the prince, deals with the situation by inviting a thousand of his people to revel with him in a palace designed with seven rooms located in a secluded abbey. Each of the rooms, which are arranged east to west, are decorated with a monochromatic color scheme, and lit only by a brazier in the hallway which casts light through a stained-glass window. The last room to the west is decorated in black and contains a large clock that strikes heavily on the hour with a tone that stops the musicians from playing and the dancers in their tracks. As the midnight hour approaches, a tall figure enters, wearing a funeral shroud and a mask resembling the countenance of a corpse. All are terrified; some seek to fend off the intruder, to no avail. They discover there is nothing beneath his robes and mask. And then....\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49741461684451,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788491057659","price":98.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/777854297d41-9788491057659.jpg?v=1789605413","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/la-mascara-de-la-muerte-roja-y-otros-cuentos-goticos-the-mask-of-the-red-death-and-other-stories","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}